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Do you use a form's Dispose Method?

I create a form in a sub.
The form just displays some information for the user and then the user may
close it.

Should I be calling the forms Dispose method?
Why?
Nov 22 '05 #1
1 1600
Thelenj,
If you use Form.Show, then you DO NOT need to use Form.Dispose.

If you use Form.ShowDialog, then you NEED to use Form.Dispose.

The reason being is that a modeless form (Form.Show) calls Form.Dispose as
part of its closing event. Where as a modal form (Form.ShowDialog) does not
call Form.Dispose as part of its closing event, allowing you to retrieve
values from any controls after showing the dialog.

For details see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...CloseTopic.asp

Hope this helps
Jay

"thelenj" <th*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I create a form in a sub.
The form just displays some information for the user and then the user may
close it.

Should I be calling the forms Dispose method?
Why?

Nov 22 '05 #2

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